Rise of the Mob: Wisconsin Fairgoers Attacked, Violently Beaten by Mac Slavo

Rise of the Mob: Wisconsin Fairgoers Attacked, Violently Beaten by Mac Slavo: "Eric, a war veteran, said that the scene he saw Thursday outsi

de State Fair compares to what he saw in combat.

“That rated right up there with it. When I saw the amount of kids coming down the road, all I kept thinking was, ‘There’s not enough cops to handle this.’ There’s no way. It would have taken the National Guard to control the number of kids that were coming off the road. They were knocking people off their motorcycles.”

Another witness, who asked to remain anonymous, said, “it was like a scene you needed the National Guard to control.”

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Earlier this year Tess Pennington wrote Teenage Mobs: A Rising Epidemic, in which she discussed mob mentality and future trends. Within a week flash mobs became front page news as loosely tied large groups of individuals coordinating via text messages and social networks began robbing pharmacies, convenience stores, jewelry stores, and other businesses.

As the success of these types of “mob” attacks becomes more apparent to teens, gangs, and would-be criminals, Pennington says that their frequency is likely to increase:"